עָזַב

vb. leave, forsake, loose (NH id. (rare); Arabic عَرَبَ be remote, absent, depart, Assyrian ezêbu, leave, Shaph. ušezib, rescue, cf. Biblical Aramaic שֵׁיזֵב;—Ethiopic ማዕሰብ widowed Di 973);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Gn 24:27 +, sf. עֲזָבַנִי Is 49:14 ψ 38:11; 3 fs. עָזָבָ֑ה Ez 23:8; 1 s. sf. עֲזַבְתִּיךְ Is 54:7; 2 fpl. עֲזַבְתֶּן Ex 2:20, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲזֹב Is 55:7 +, יַעֲזָב־ Gn 2:24, sf. 1 s. וַיַּעַזְבֵנִי 1 S 30:13, etc.; Imv. עֲזֹב ψ 37:8, עָזְבָה Je 49:11, עִזְבוּ Je 48:28; Pr 9:6, etc.; Inf. abs. עָזוֹב Je 14:5, עָזֹב Ex 23:5; cstr. עֲזֹב Gn 44:22 +, sf. עָזְבֵךְ Je 2:17 +, etc.; Pt. act. עֹזֵב Pr 10:17 +, cstr. עֹזְבִי (Ges§ 90 l); f. cstr. עֹזֶבֶת Pr 2:17 etc.; pass. עָזוּב Dt 32:26 +, etc.;— leave, c. acc. (on order of meanings cf. NöZMG xl (1886), 726); = depart from, acc. pers. Gn 44:22(×2) (J), 2 K 2:2, 4, 6; 4:30; Nu 10:31 (P), Ru 1:16 Je 9:1 (‖ הָלַךְ מֵאֵת); acc. loc. 1 K 8:6 Je 25:28 (י׳ as lion leaving lair); c. מִן loc. intrans. (strangely) Je 18:14 (of snow). leave behind, acc. pers. Ex 2:20 (J), 2 S 15:16 (+ inf.), Ez 24:21; acc. rei + בְּיַד Gn 39:12, 13, + אֶצְלִי v 15, 18 (all J); + ב loc. 50:8 (J); acc. pers. et rei Ex 9:21 (J). leave in the presence of (לִפְנֵי) 1 Ch 16:37 (ל of accus., cf. ל 3 b supr.), 2 Ch 28:14. leave in safety, וְאָ֫נָה תַעַזְבוּ כְּבוֹדְכֶם Is 10:3. leave in a given condition, situation, ע׳ אֹתוֹ בְמַחֲלֻיִים 2 Ch 24:25 they left him in great suffering; c. adv. acc. Ez 23:29; a city פְּתוּחָה Jos 8:17. leave undisturbed, let alone Ru 2:16. leave unexercised, Gn 24:27 pregn. he hath not left his kindness and his faithfulness from (being) with (מֵעִם) my master; so ע׳ חַסְדּוֹ אֶת־ Ru 2:20 (both of י׳); ע׳ חֵמָה ψ 37:8 (‖ הֶרֶף מֵאַף). leave in the hand of, entrust to, acc. rei + בְּיַד Gn 39:6 (J), + אֶל־ Jb 39:11 (‖ בָּטַח בְּ), + עַל־ ψ 10:14 (acc. om., his cause).—So also poss. (c. לְ) Ne 3:34 (reading לֵאלֹהִים for MT לָהֶם), but text prob. otherwise corrupt. leave to (ל) one (unaided), וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ מֵעֲזֹב לוֹ Ex 23:5a (E) thou shalt refrain from leaving it (sc. the affair) to him; cf. תַּעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּיצֶיהָ Jb 39:14 (of ostrich). leave over, remaining, acc. pers. Ju 2:21 (JE); acc. rei + לְ pers. Lv 19:10; 23:22 (H), Mal 3:19. k. leave = have nothing to do with Pr 9:6. leave, abandon, forsake: abandon, acc. rei: (1) land, house, city, tent, etc., 1 S 31:7 = 1 Ch 10:7; 2 K 7:7; Je 9:18; 48:28; 51:9; 2 Ch 11:14; Is 17:9 (+ מִפְּנֵי of enemy); pt. pass. of cities v 2 Je 4:29; Zp 2:4, cf. עֲזוּבָה Is 17:9 pt. = subst. = deserted region. (2) oxen 1 K 19:20; idol-images (+ שָׁם) 2 S 5:21 = 1 Ch 14:12; flock Zc 11:17; pt. pass. of eggs Is 10:14. forsake, (1) human subj. and obj.: Gn 2:24 (J; a man his + parents), 1 S 30:13; Jos 22:3 (D), Je 49:11 ψ 27:10 (parent a child), Pr 2:17 (wife her husband, אַלּוּף), cf. אִשָּׁה עֲזוּבָה Is 54:6, and ע׳ of personif. Zion Is 60:15; 62:4. (2) an animal its young Je 14:5 (obj. om.). = neglect, Levite Dt 12:19; 14:27, poor Jb 20:19. especially (1) fig. of forsaking God (י׳), apostatizing, Ju 10:10; Dt 28:20; 31:16 Je 1:16 + 38 times (often Je and later); + Jon 2:9 (obj. חַסְדָּם, i.e. God, v. חֶסֶד II); c. ל + inf. only אֶת־י׳ עָֽזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר Ho 4:10 (Oort We Now doubt לִשְׁמֹר). (2) obj. י׳’s law, commands, covenant, etc., Dt 29:24; 1 K 19:10, 14 + 14 times; house of י׳ 2 Ch 24:18; Ne 10:40. †(3) forsake, fail to follow, obey advice, instruction, wisdom, reproof: 1 K 12:8, 13 = 2 Ch 10:8, 13; Pr 2:13; 4:2, 6; 10:17; 15:10; 27:10. †(4) but also of forsaking idols Ez 20:8, sins of various kinds 23:8 Is 55:7; Pr 28:13 (obj. om.; + מוֹדֶה confess); הַמַּשָּׁא usury Ne 5:10. of God’s forsaking, abandoning men: Dt 31:17; Is 41:17; 49:14; 54:7; 2 Ch 12:5; Ezr 9:9 ψ 9:11; 22:2 + 8 times ψψ; + בְּיַד Ne 9:28; ψ 37:33; ψ 16:10 thou wilt not abandon my soul לִשְׁאוֹל; of temporary abandonment 2 Ch 32:31 (+ inf. of purpose); etc. (34 times in all); + Je 12:7 (י׳ abandoning his house). of God’s leaving, i.e. ceasing to regard, the earth, thus giving impunity to crime, Ez 8:12; 9:9. of strength (כֹּחַ) forsaking one ψ 38:11, courage (לֵב) 40:13, kindness and faithfulness (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Pr 3:3. let loose, set free, let go עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּוֹ Ex 23:5b (E) thou shalt by all means free it (sc. the beast) with him, (aid him to set it free; on sense, cf. Dt 22:4; DHM sub ii. עזב); עָצוּר וְעָזוּב shut up and freed, proverb. phr., = all classes of people Dt 32:36; 1 K 14:10; 21:21; 2 K 9:8; 14:26 (exact meaning dub.; prob. either = bond and free, or [v. RSSem i. 437, 2nd ed. 456] under taboo and free from it); let go Jb 20:13 (c. acc. of wickedness as morsel in mouth); let loose my complaint Jb 10:1 (עָלַי apud me, cf. עַל II 1 d); אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי Jb 9:27 I will loosen, relax, my face, (cf. Thes De Me Stu Di BuhlLex Bu; > abandon my [gloomy] countenance AV RV SS BaeKau Du). Pf. 3 ms. נֶעֱזַב Ne 13:11; 3 fs. נֶעֱזָבָ֑ה Is 62:12; Impf. 3 fs. תֵּעָזֵב Is 7:16; Lv 26:43, תֵּעָ֣זַב Jb 18:4; 3 mpl. יֵעָֽזְבוּ Is 18:6; Pt. נֶעֱזָב Is 27:10 ψ 37:25; fpl. נֶעֱזָבוֹת Ez 36:4;— be left to (לְ), i.e. to the possession of, Is 18:6. be forsaken, of house of God Ne 13:11, a city Ez 36:4; Is 27:10 (‖ מְשֻׁלָּח), 62:12; the earth Jb 18:4, land Is 7:16; Lv 26:43 (+ מִן of exiles); of man ψ 37:25. (or Qal pass., v. Ges§ 52 e) be deserted, of city: Pf. 3 ms. הֲמוֹן עִיר עֻזָּ֑ב Is 32:14 (‖ נֻטָ֔שׁ); 3 fs. עֻזְּבָה Je 49:25.